Agro-exports of Peru grew by 17% between January and August

Published Oct 11, 2021

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Agro-exports from Peru experienced a 17% increase in the January-August period of this year, reaching a sales value of US $ 4.982 million, as reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation. The agricultural trade balance showed a surplus of US $ 952 million during the first eight months. The key contributors to this growth were fresh avocado, grapes, semolina flour, starch, and blueberries, among other products. Non-traditional exports, which made up 95% of the total, saw an increase of 19% compared to the previous year, with fruit and vegetable exports alone increasing by 22%. The United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Chile, and England were the top 10 destination markets for Peruvian agricultural exports in the first eight months of the year.

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According to the criteria of Agro-exports grew 17% in the January-August period of this year compared to what was registered last year when adding sales of US $ 4.982 million, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported on Monday. In the first eight months of the year, the agricultural trade balance registered a surplus of US $ 952 million. The products with the greatest contribution to growth in the first eight months of the year were: fresh avocado (+ 43%), fresh grapes (+ 12%), other food preparations of semolina flour, starch, starch or malt extract (+ 3573% ), blueberries (+ 20%), fresh asparagus (+ 15%), preparations used to feed animals (+ 24%), carded or combed fine hair of alpaca or llama (+ 96%), other fruits (+ 28%), tara powder (+ 92%) and tara seed mucilage (+ 172%), among others. Of the value exported between January-August, agro-exports of traditional products accounted for 5%, while non-traditional exports the remaining 95%. In terms of ...

Source: Elcomercio